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Enjoy the January 2026 issue of "Latin American & Latinx Visual Culture" available online now. online.ucpress.edu/lalvc/issue/...
Volume 8 Issue 1 | Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture | University of California Press
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January 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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The new February 2026 issue of "Music Perception" is available online now. online.ucpress.edu/mp/issue/43/3
Volume 43 Issue 3 | Music Perception | University of California Press
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January 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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The new issue of "Gastronomica" includes a special section on microbes in food studies, in addition to three standalone articles. online.ucpress.edu/gastronomica...
Volume 26 Issue 1 | Gastronomica | University of California Press
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January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Thanks @sah1365.bsky.social for the great tour of your HQ, the historic Charnley-Persky House, designed by #LouisSullivan with assistance from his young draftsman #FrankLloydWright.
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Great to get a chance to see and catch up with @filmquarterly.bsky.social's editor J. M. Tyree in Chicago at the @historians.org conference. #AHA26 #AHA2026
January 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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In our latest issue, Laura McMahon explores an increasingly distinct tendency in Black feminist experimental film and video to turn to dance as a way of reimagining colonial histories, archives, and afterlives.

Open access now! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Thank you to @historians.org and #AHA26 attendees for another great conference to start the new year! Our AHA website will be up for a few weeks so you still have time to save 40% on our latest History books: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...

See you next year in NOLA for #AHA27!
American Historical Association 2026
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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January 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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#AHA26 flew by! Last chance to come by and take a look at the latest History books.

If you're already heading home, our AHA website will be up for your chance to save 40% on all books we have on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
January 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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"EMPIRE OF LABOR is a major intervention in global labor history, early modern history, and histories of colonialism in South Asia and the world."

Author Titas Chakraborty on their new book about labor in colonized South Asia: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/s...

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Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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"Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) along with many other metropolitan global cities in Southeast Asia, is experiencing a cultural youth renaissance of global mindsets."

BIBLIOTACTICS author Cindy Nguyen speaks with us about reading culture in Vietnam for #AHA26:
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Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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January 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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We're already wrapping up #SCS2026! Short day in the exhibit hall so drop by for your last chance to take a peek at our latest Classics and Ancient History books.

Our SCS website and your chance to save 40% on our display books will stay open for a few weeks:
Society for Classical Studies 2026
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Morning, #AHA26 attendees! We're back in the exhibit hall for your Saturday History book needs! Drop by and say hello and check out our latest books.

Want to save 40% on our books on display? Visit our AHA website for details: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
January 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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"[A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE's] analysis of early Christian conflicts has furthermore taken shape against the backdrop of ever more polarized U.S. political conversations..."

Read an excerpt with author's note from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE by Christine Shepardson: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/e...

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Excerpt from "A Memory of Violence"
An excerpt from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE with commentary from author Christine Sheparson.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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How did manga and anime—“moving manga”—become ubiquitous? MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY delves into the history and finds surprising answers.

Read our Q&A with author Andrea Horbinski for #AHA26:
Q&A with Andrea Horbinski, author of "Manga's First Century"
Author Andrea Horbinski talks about her manga and anime interests and why the first century of the most popular form of storytelling is vital for fans and non-fans to know.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Thank you to all #AALS2026 attendees for another wonderful conference to kick off the year.

Our AALS website will stay up for a few weeks for you to grab 40% off our latest books in Legal Studies: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
American Association of Law Schools 2026
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Another full day in the exhibit hall for you to stop by and check out our latest Classics and Ancient History books, #SCS2026 attendees!

If you're out exploring the beautiful Bay Area, you can check out our displayed books and save 40% on them here:
Society for Classical Studies 2026
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Kicking off our #AHA26 author content with a sneak peek at Patricia Seed's SAIL AND SHADOWS about the cost of Portuguese seafaring innovation.
An Exclusive Look at "Sails & Shadows" by Patricia Seed
An excerpt from Patricia Seed's "Sails & Shadows"
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January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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It's our last day at #AALS2026 so drop by for your last chance to check out our latest books in Legal Studies.

Our AALS website will remain up for you to get your 40% discount on all displayed books:
American Association of Law Schools 2026
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Good morning, @historians.org and #AHA26 attendees! Thrilled to be back for the annual conference. We'll be here all weekend with all of our latest books in History for you to peruse!

Our AHA website where you can save 40% on all displayed books is up and running: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
January 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Congrast to C. Luke Soucy for winning the 2025 SCS Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Literary Translation for OVID METAMORPHOSES. Read our Q&A with this award-winning translator here: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/6...

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Q&A with C. Luke Soucy, Translator of Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Centuries of conservative translators have robbed the Metamorphoses of its subversive force. In this boldly lyrical translation, C. Luke Soucy revives the magnum opus of Rome’s most clever and…
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January 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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"Focusing on intergenerational relationships, my book demonstrates that our close relationships shape our legal consciousness..."

Author Qian Liu on how guilt resulting from the desire to live up to parental expectations shape "leftover women’s" decisions: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/w...

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When Parental Expectations Shape Our Legal Consciousness
Author Qian Liu on why she wrote "Leftover Women in China."
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January 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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(Please don't mind all of the cross conference posting!)

Morning, #SCS2026 attendees! We're here for a full day in the exhibit hall so come by and check out our latest Classics and Ancient Studies books.

Save 40% on all of our displayed books here: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/s...
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Awrite, #AALS2026 attendees (we've used up our NOLA phrases now)! We're here for another full day so drop by, say "awrite" to our editor, and see out latest Legal Studies books.

Visit our AALS webpage to save 40% on our displayed Legal Studies books:
American Association of Law Schools 2026
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Hello, #SCS2026 attendees! Happy to be in our home city for this year's annual conference. We'll have a few more than normal this year at the booth so drop by, say "hello," and check out our latest Classics and Ancient History books.

Get 40% off display books here: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/s...
January 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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"Paying attention to immigrants’ and advocates’ visions of a future justices is more important now than ever."

ON THE RECORD author Susan Bibler Coutin on the hostile legal environments of immigrants: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/r...

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Representing Immigrants in a Hostile Legal Environment
Susan Bibler Coutin writes about lawfully protecting immigrants in an inhospitable environment.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM